"The best 5 Romanian players have refused to play the Davis Cup match against Netherlands.

Horia Tecau (9th ATP doubles), Victor Hanescu (95 ATP), Adrian Ungur (100), Marius Copil (249) and Victor Crivoi (256) reported they refuse to return to national team until Andrei Pavel will be reinstated in role of team captain.

Following the boycott of the five players, Ciprian Porumb, the current captain of Romania, had to appeal to players outside the top 400."

Pavel didn't quit, he was sacked by FRT (Romanian Tennis Federation)! They didn't even have the guts to announce him, he found out about that from Horia Tecau and his assistent and former doubles partner Gabriel Trifu.

And Pavel didn't ask the regular Davis Cup players (Tecau, Hanescu, Ungur, Crivoi and Copil) to reject the call from the new Davis Cup captain, they did it as a solidarity gesture with his unjustified sacking.

Really? This is amazing! We are paying 70 euros for watch players from outside the top 400? I hope the Rumanian association will change his mind somewhere!

My thoughts exactly, I bought a passe-partout! Tecau even gave an interview in Rotterdam about their chances vs The Netherlands.

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Originally Posted by Keyser Soze

"The best 5 Romanian players have refused to play the Davis Cup match against Netherlands.

Horia Tecau (9th ATP doubles), Victor Hanescu (95 ATP), Adrian Ungur (100), Marius Copil (249) and Victor Crivoi (256) reported they refuse to return to national team until Andrei Pavel will be reinstated in role of team captain.

Following the boycott of the five players, Ciprian Porumb, the current captain of Romania, had to appeal to players outside the top 400."

Does this mean The Netherlands has basically a free pass to the play-offs? Or are these players good on fast indoor?